Speaker : Wayne Hindshaw

BSc (Hons), CEng, MICE, MCIHT

In 1978 Wayne graduated from Portsmouth University. He is a
Chartered Engineer with 40 years' experience in bridge management,
maintenance, strengthening, design and construction. Wayne worked
for consultants for over 20 years. In 1998 he joined the Scottish
Office, National Roads Directorate, to work on Trunk Road
structures. In 2012 he was appointed Chief Bridge Engineer with a
team of 11 Engineers and now manages and maintains 5000 structures
with an annual budget of £63m. Wayne sits on a number of UK bridges
forums. In June 2015 the Forth Road Bridge became Transport
Scotland's responsibility, and later in 2017 the new Queensferry
Crossing will pass to Wayne's team.